The River Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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_ _ [Em] come from down [G] in the valley [D] where mister when [C] you're young _ [E] they bring you up [G] to do
_ _ [C] like your daddy [G] done.
_ [C] Me and Mary we met in high school _ [G] when she was just [Em] seven or two.
_ We'd [A] drive [Am] out of this valley down to [G] where the fields [C] were green.
_ _ _ [Em] We'd go down to [C] the river [D] and into the river [G] we'd dive.
Oh [Em] down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride.
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_ _ [Em] I got Mary [G] pregnant _ [D] and man that was all [C] she wrote. _
[Em] And for my [G] 19th birthday I got a [C] union card and a wedding [G] coat.
_ [C] We went down to the courthouse and [G] the judge put it all [Em] to rest.
_ [Am] No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, [G] no flowers, no wedding [C] _ dress.
That night [Em] we went down to [C] the river _ [D] and into the river [G] we'd dive.
[Em] Oh down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride.
_ [C] I _ _ [Em] got _ _
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a job working [G] construction _ for [D] the Johnstown [C] Company. _
[G] _ _ [Em] But lately there ain't been much work [C] on account of the economy.
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[C] Now all them things that seem so important, [G] well mister they [F#m] vanished right into [Em] the air.
_ [Am] Now I just act like I don't remember. _
[G] Mary acts like she [C] don't care.
But I [Em] remember us riding [G] in my brother's car, [D] her body tan and wet [C] down at the reservoir.
[Em] At night on them banks [G] I'd lie awake [C] and pull her close just to feel [G] each breath she'd take.
[C] Those memories come back to haunt me.
[G] They haunt me [Em] like a curse.
[Am] Is the dream alive that don't come true?
[G] Or is it something [C] worse that sends [Em] me down to [C] the river?
[D] Oh I know the river [G] is dry that sends [Em] me down to [C] the river [D] tonight.
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Down [Em] _ _ to [C] the river [D] my baby [G] and I.
Oh [Em] down to [C] the river [D] we'd ride. _
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